After passing the Chuigong Hall and following the side corridor, the route this time was even more tortuous and the distance was even longer. Xu Ping didn't know where he was.↑ It was not until he saw someone standing with a lantern in front and the small yellow door stopped, Xu Ping realized that he had arrived.

Shi Quanbin flashed out of the dark shadow and whispered to Xu Ping: "The official family and Master Sheng are sitting there, follow me."

After walking a few steps, there was a small pavilion in front of me, and a pool not far away. Xu Ping realized that he had arrived at the back garden of the palace.

The backyard is the back garden of the palace. It is vast, with pools, pavilions, and flowers in all seasons. Of course, I used to plant rice and valleys here, and there were also queens planted mulberry trees here to show their importance to farming. However, the most important thing is to enjoy flowers and play. Sometimes I also summon ministers here, and most of them are visiting banquets. Secondly, I consult and rarely deal with political affairs here.

Shi Quanbin stepped forward to praise his reputation, Xu Ping followed the ceremony, and Zhao Zhen ordered Xiaohuangmen to give him a seat.

Xu Ping sat down carefully and saw Zhao Zhen’s face calm. Sheng Du, who was fat next to him, also had a leisurely look on his face. He thought that he was just talking about gossip, and there was nothing particularly important.

When Xiaohuangmen was tea, Zhao Zhen asked casually: "Xu Ping, I heard that Sansi was discussing minting new coins a few days ago. You have different opinions from everyone. The matter has been settled in the past two days, so why don't you tell memorials to tell me?"

Xu Ping said: "The three officials have discussed together, and what I saw in Weichen has made it clear. Some colleagues in the Ministry think it is not suitable. That may be because I am young and have little knowledge and learn more in the future. The center does not adopt what I saw in Weichen, and I think there is something unreasonable."

"The Zhazhi did not accept your opinion because his status was different and his considerations were different. It might not be that you were wrong. It is not easy for you to come up with other opinions. You should submit a memorial to share the opinions for yourself. I asked Mr. Li, and I realized that since the three officials discussed together, you should not be silent."

Xu Ping was a little confused and thought carefully about what Zhao Zhen said. According to his habits in his previous life, he had already expressed his opinions publicly at the meeting, and if the opinions were rejected, he would be rejected. How could he still be entangled after the meeting? Not to mention that he would make a report specifically, wouldn’t that make the boss even more annoying? Back then, the old webmaster had this stubborn temper and the ending was not very good.

Sheng Du smiled and said, "Young Yunxing, when you first entered the capital, you will inevitably be cautious. But remember that the collective discussion is for your colleagues to listen to, and the memorial is to let the officials know. If you don't submit the memorial, how can the officials know what you think?"

Xu Ping said: "I remember the teachings of Mr. Xie."

Shengdu is extremely obese and has reached the point of affecting his movements. It is difficult to give a tribute to him. But he has a pretty face like Wang Zeng. It looks strange and kind. In fact, it is not the case. Shengdu's knowledge and officialdom are good, but he is a little sinister. His colleagues usually dare not talk to him unless they have to.

There was such a person sitting aside, and Xu Ping was very careful, afraid that he would say something wrong.

The Hanlin Bachelor of Science is a consultant, often with the emperor. Zhao Zhen has been in power for a while and is especially dependent on him. Apart from the time of having fun, he always follows him. Now, the three Hanlin Bachelors, Zhang Dexiang is close to Lu Yijian, and Feng Yuan is a scholar and mainly engaged in "Yi Xue". Only one who can meet Xu Ping is able to follow him.

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhao Zhen did not continue and asked Xu Ping: "I heard that you do not agree with minting new money. Isn't it okay? Why do you think it's inappropriate to borrow money from the in-house warehouse?"

Xu Ping said: "I don't think it's inappropriate to borrow money from the warehouse, but think that when the prices in the capital have already risen, it's inappropriate to issue millions of yuan in cash. The population in the capital has a fixed number, and the money needed is also fixed. If the money is paid too much, the items sold on the market will not change, and the price will naturally rise. Prices suddenly rise and fall, and the common people will be at a loss and will suffer."

Zhao Zhen smiled and said, "This is too much. Those who get rewards will not buy it if the price is expensive, so they just need to put it away. When the price falls, it will not be too late to buy it."

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid that the people's livelihood is not so calm. The reward was reported several months ago. Those who deserve the reward must have already thought about it. Some people want to change houses, some people want to get married, and some people want to have a good meal, so where can the money be saved?"

Xu Ping said, his mind was spinning rapidly, thinking about how to explain the reason why prices would rise if there was too much money. irrational actions with a large number of people would definitely not be able to save money immediately, but this era is hard to tell.

Sheng Du said on the side: "What Xu Ping said is that if the people make a living and have no spare wealth, how can they save it? There are too many copper coins on the market, and prices will always rise. However, if there are more than one million people in the capital, two or three million coins of copper coins are not worth it."

Xu Ping said seriously: "Otherwise, I was in Yongzhou, and I had a price turmoil because of the sugar-related rewards and the battle with Jiaozhi. At that time, my subordinates calculated that in the previous Yongzhou, one person could only get more than one copper coins. No matter how many copper coins there were on the market, the prices would definitely rise. If one person was three copper coins, the prices would double. Of course, the capital was different from Yongzhou. There were many wealthy families and wealthy people, and there were many various businesses, and there were also many copper coins needed."

Zhao Zhen was a little surprised when he heard this: "Can you also calculate carefully in this kind of thing?"

"Of course, you can do it as long as you are determined to do it."

Seeing Xu Ping speaking seriously, Zhao Zhen glanced at Sheng Du around him and said righteously: "There are more than one million people in the capital, how much manpower is needed to do this? Do you have any special methods?"

"Of course, you can't ask alone, just draw a small piece in each case, and so on."

"I can't take this seriously, right? It's a big deal to do this!"

Seeing that Zhao Zhen's face was a little disappointed, he obviously felt that Xu Ping's method was too ordinary. He originally thought that it was so clever, but it turned out that it was just a small push to the big one.

Xu Ping couldn't explain the principle of statistics in detail, but said: "The small one can see the big one. As long as the method is right and you are willing to work hard, you can always grasp the facts when doing it slowly."

Zhao Zhen felt a thousand disbeliefs in his heart. Looking at Sheng Du, he felt a little regretful. Today he should have called Feng Yuan. He studied Yixue and these divine things, perhaps he could better talk to Xu Ping.

Sheng Du is an experienced man. Seeing the expressions of Zhao Zhen and Xu Ping, he smoothed out and said, "Xu Ping has done this in Yongzhou, and it may be unknown. Now that he is in charge of the business tax case, why don't he let him calculate whether the prices in the capital have risen after this prison ceremony? How much has it increased? How much is the same as his calculations? "

Zhao Zhen looked at Xu Ping: "How? Maybe it's clear? Although you have many political achievements in Yongzhou, you have to start from scratch after returning to the capital. This is the first job I have given you."

"I received the order—"

Xu Ping originally wanted to say that I would write a memorial first when I went back and explain the plan clearly. I would just forget it. These days, I seem to like to keep some mystery, and it would not work if I explained everything clearly. The final decision of the Secretariat was to ask Xu Shen to use the secret method to cast copper coins, and also let him carefully keep the secret method, but the court did not ask. There was Lu Yijian's push here, and of course the most important thing was that if it was screwed up, there would be a storage warehouse to protect it, but it would be amazing to be settled.
Chapter completed!